There's really no way to be perfect. Perfectionism is a silly trait to have, so in a lot of ways that inspired the world of 'Divergent,' in which everyone is striving toward that ideal and falling short of it.

I can't tell him I need him. I can't need him, period -- or really, we can't need each other, because who knows how long either of us will last in this war?

So small as to be negligible. It's strange, but there's something in that thought that makes me feel almost...free.

Candor does not provide us with protection, sustenance, or technological innovation. Therefore you are expendable to us.

I know that I'll be writing for young adults for a long time. Mostly because I just love the readers and the teachers and librarians that I interact with.

Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.

Independent and uninvolved. Must be nice. -Tris